{"id":411099,"date":"2022-11-08T14:05:38","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T14:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=411099"},"modified":"2022-11-08T14:05:38","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T14:05:38","slug":"dwight-howard-to-play-overseas-announces-his-joining-to-a-taiwanese-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/dwight-howard-to-play-overseas-announces-his-joining-to-a-taiwanese-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Dwight Howard To Play Overseas: Announces His Joining To A Taiwanese Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dwight Howard is moving his career outside of the NBA after 18 seasons.<\/p>\n<p>The three-time Defensive Player of the Year and eight-time All-NBA centre made his affiliation with the<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taoyuan_Leopards\"> Taoyuan Leopards<\/a> official on Monday. Dwight Howard announced it in a video posted on social media.<\/p>\n<p><em>I can&#8217;t wait to see the fans, eat the food and have the best time ever &#8230; and bring a championship,&#8221;<\/em> the 36-year-old centre said in a social media post.<\/p>\n<h2>Dwight Howard To Play Overseas: Announces His Joining To A Taiwanese Team<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hard to believe Dwight Howard can&#39;t get an NBA roster spot when DeAndre Jordan is still in the league. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ELMYYB3XAW\">https:\/\/t.co\/ELMYYB3XAW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ahmed\/The Ears\/IG: BigBizTheGod \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddf4 (@big_business_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/big_business_\/status\/1589808282591690754?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Dwight Howard has joined the Taoyuan Leopards, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium. The eight-time NBA All-Star last campaign was a member of the Los Angeles Lakers. \u00a0One of the greatest NBA players ever, Dwight Howard, has played a supporting role the past few seasons despite being an eight-time All-Star.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Dwight Howard is signing with the Taoyuan Leopards <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q9HRyXXUVT\">pic.twitter.com\/q9HRyXXUVT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDunkCentral\/status\/1589806158650298368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old is currently playing in the 2022\u20132023 NBA season without having been signed by a franchise. During his stint with the Los Angeles Lakers last season, Howard averaged 6.2 points and 5.9 rebounds in little over 16 minutes of action per game. It&#8217;s surprising that no team signed him because he was a reliable role player.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congrats on a Hall-of-Fame NBA career Dwight Howard \ud83d\udc9c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hOH7GCsRxI\">pic.twitter.com\/hOH7GCsRxI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lakers Lead (@LakersLead) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LakersLead\/status\/1589807559787302912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Howard is still interested in playing in the NBA. In October, he expressed interest in joining the Golden State Warriors to Fox Sports&#8217; Shannon Sharpe, where he described tutoring previous No. 2 overall choice James Wiseman and setting screens for Stephen Curry.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dwight Howard announces he will be signing with the Taoyuan Leopards in Taiwan <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oqrXHDCVgp\">pic.twitter.com\/oqrXHDCVgp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/1589809032961089537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Golden State and other NBA teams didn&#8217;t seem to share that sentiment, as Howard was still without a contract three weeks into the new campaign. In the same interview, Howard admitted to Sharpe that he felt disrespected by NBA teams&#8217; lack of interest in him and by his exclusion from the league&#8217;s 75th-anniversary squad.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I really can&#8217;t believe how disrespected I feel,&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0Dwight Howard told Sharpe.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dwight Howard should not be finishing his cateer in Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>Failure by the NBA, man. He deserves better.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ry (@JustRyCole) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustRyCole\/status\/1589807007078715393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In his prime, Howard was a formidable defender, rebounder, and scorer. The Basketball Hall of Fame is where he will go. But the game has changed away from big men with Howard&#8217;s skill set and toward the perimeter, a shift that was started during Howard&#8217;s peak.<\/p>\n<p>His days in the NBA seem to be numbered at age 36. At least for the moment. Later in the season, there&#8217;s still a potential that a team in need of post assistance will contact you. However, Howard is no longer impatient.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SClmyZz2WcI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE NBA UPDATES-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/kevin-durant-wishes-to-be-a-part-of-washington-commanders-new-ownership-group\/\">Kevin Durant Wishes To Be A Part Of Washington Commanders New Ownership Group<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/son-of-former-nba-all-star-peja-andrej-stojakovic-commits-to-stanford-what-all-do-we-know\/\">Son Of Former NBA All-Star Peja, Andrej Stojakovic Commits To Stanford- What All Do We Know?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dwight Howard is moving his career outside of the NBA after 18 seasons. The three-time Defensive Player of the Year and eight-time All-NBA centre made his affiliation with the Taoyuan Leopards official on Monday. Dwight Howard announced it in a video posted on social media. I can&#8217;t wait to see the fans, eat the food [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":407598,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[1903,2215,3013,3658,3657],"class_list":["post-411099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-dwight-howard","tag-nba-news","tag-nba-update","tag-taiwanese-basketball-league-news","tag-taoyuan-leopards"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}